Duarte Júnior
Brazilian politician and Federal Deputy of Brazil since 2023 and former state deputy of Maranhão from 2019 to 2023
Hildelis Silva Duarte Junior, better known as Duarte Júnior (born 15 September 1986), is a Brazilian lawyer, university professor, and politician affiliated with the Brazil Union (UNIÃO). During the 2018 elections, he was elected as a state deputy in the state of Maranhão. In 2022, he became a federal deputy representing the state.
Biography
Duarte Júnior was born on 15 September 1986 in Rio de Janeiro. He moved to São Luís, the capital of the state of Maranhão, where he began his academic and professional life. His parents, Hildélis Duarte and Edna Mazoro, got married in São Luís in 1986 at Igreja de São João Batista on the same road that Duarte Júnior was baptised.
As a youth presenter
From 2002 to 2004, Duarte Júnior was part of the cast on the local children's program Bianca & Cia, which was presented by his youngest sister, Bruna Bianca Duarte. On the program, he played the role of Choquito, later renamed Xoquitox. The character followed the mold of Chiquinho, played by Edílson Oliveira on programs hosted by Eliana.
Duarte Júnior recorded three tracks on Bianca's first studio album, in the voice of Xoquitox and in his own voice.
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